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Monks’ Tibet protest gives voice to anger

By Geoff Dyer in Lhasa

Published: March 27 2008 12:27 | Last updated: March 28 2008 02:16

The simmering political ­tensions in Tibet burst into the open on Thursday in one of Lhasa’s most important ­temples when a group of 30 young Buddhist monks interrupted a government­organised visit by international journalists to shout about the lack of freedom in the country and in support of the Dalai Lama.

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The FT’s Geoff Dyer is one of a small group of foreign reporters allowed into Lhasa, the capital of Tibet, for the first time since unrest began earlier this month

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